by our College Data Analytics TeamMusic Theory & Composition is a concentration offered under the music major at Yale University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in music composition, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $44,500 | $44,500 |
Online degrees for the Yale music composition master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Yale Online Learning page.
Women made up around 28.6% of the music composition students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 28.7%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in music composition at Yale in 2019-2020, 28.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 18%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Music | 18 |
| Music Performance | 25 |
| Conducting | 4 |
| Keyboard Instruments | 16 |
| Voice Performance | 13 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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